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October 19, (THEWILL) - Liberian President George Weah has honoured an 18-year-old motorcycle rider who found and returned $50,000 to a businesswoman who lost the cash in the north-eastern Nimba region. Weah met Emmanuel Tolue at a ceremony in the...

October 19, (THEWILL) - A Haitian gang that kidnapped a group of American and Canadian missionaries is asking for $17 million to release them, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing a Haitian official. THEWILL had reported, Sunday, October...

October 19, (THEWILL) - The European Commission's chief executive warned Poland on Tuesday that its challenge to the supremacy of European Union law called into question the very foundations of the 27-nation bloc and could not go unpunished. Poland's Constitutional...

October 18, (THEWILL) - General Colin Powell, the first black US secretary of state, is being remembered as a "towering figure" , "phenomenal leader" and "superb soldier." General Powell, the first black US secretary of state and top military officer,...

October 18, (THEWILL) - Pope Francis, a keen soccer fan, received an unusual gift on Monday from France's Prime Minister: a jersey signed by Lionel Messi. Jean Castex gave the Pope the glass-framed number 30 jersey, signed by Messi, who plays...

October 18, (THEWILL) - China has shut down claims it tested a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile earlier this year, saying it merely carried out a routine spacecraft check. The government in Beijing rebutted a report in the Financial Times, published on Saturday,...

October 18, (THEWILL) - Russia is suspending its permanent mission to NATO in response to the alliance's expulsion of eight Russians, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Monday. Lavrov said the Kremlin's move -- which could come into effect as early as...

October 18, (THEWILL) - Opposition candidate Jose Maria Neves neared victory in Cape Verde's presidential election on Sunday, maintaining a comfortable lead over the ruling party's flagbearer Carlos Veiga with more than 90 percent of polling stations reporting results. Seven...

October 18, (THEWILL) - Colin Powell, the first Black U.S. Secretary of State and top military officer, died on Monday at the age of 84 due to complications from COVID-19. He was fully vaccinated, his family said in a statement...

October 18, (THEWILL) - Oil prices hit their highest level in years on Monday as demand recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic, boosted by more custom from power generators turning away from expensive gas and coal to fuel oil and...